May 2016 Two of the UAE’s most popular destinations, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, have together ranked amongst the top 17 of the most active cities for shopping centre development, according to CBRE’s latest Global Shopping Centre Development report. The cities currently have a total of 626,887 sqm of total retail space under construction, an 11%

While Abu Dhabi’s hospitality market saw subdued performance in the years leading up to 2013, the market has since gone from strength to strength, with three consecutive years of RevPAR growth. Growth in 2015 was particularly impressive not only in light of global economic factors, but also relative to other hospitality markets in the GCC.